Reese Witherspoon, Jim Toth's dramatic encounter

Reese Witherspoon has revealed that she first met her present husband Jim Toth after he swooped in to save her from his drunken friend on a night out.

Reese Witherspoon has revealed that she first met her present husband Jim Toth after he swooped in to save her from his drunken friend on a night out.

The blonde beauty parted ways with Jake Gyllenhaal in late 2009, but just weeks later when she was on an evening out with pals she had a chance encounter with him.

“This really drunk guy was hitting on me, making such an idiot of himself, yelling at me. He was like (slurring), You don’t know me. And I was like, ‘Yeah, I know. I don’t know you!’” the Daily Express quoted her as telling.

“Jim came over and said, ‘Please excuse my friend. He’s just broken up with someone.’ And I remember thinking, his friend is such an a**, what a jerk. And that Jim was a really good friend, pulling him out of that situation,” she added.

Witherspoon exchanged vows with Toth in March last year at her lavish ranch in Ojai, California.